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Laminarites
Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Unrecognized and Unrecognizalbe "genera"
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Laminarites BRONGNIART, 1828, p. 54
Type Species:
[no type species designated]
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Description
" Genus" comprising very heterogenous "species"; similar to Laminaria; straight and parallel structures on bedding planes. [Seemingly in part of plant origin (e.g., L. antiquissimus EICHWALD, 1856), in part probably inorganic in origin (e.g., L. lagrangei DE SAPORTA & MARION, 1883), and partly, according to MESCHINELLI & SQUINABOL, 1892, also trails.J
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Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Unrecognized and Unrecognizalbe "genera"
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Laminarites BRONGNIART, 1828, p. 54
Type Species:
[no type species designated]
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Not provided
Beginning International Stage:
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
Beginning Date:
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Not provided
Ending International Stage:
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
Ending Date:
Description
" Genus" comprising very heterogenous "species"; similar to Laminaria; straight and parallel structures on bedding planes. [Seemingly in part of plant origin (e.g., L. antiquissimus EICHWALD, 1856), in part probably inorganic in origin (e.g., L. lagrangei DE SAPORTA & MARION, 1883), and partly, according to MESCHINELLI & SQUINABOL, 1892, also trails.J